It was an important place and a major shrine, where the water was worshiped with the care and veneration with which the Incas treated this element. Although there are still mysteries to be unraveled, the calm of the place, the sound of the water and the sensation of being close to the gods subjugate the visitor.
The main sectors that make up Tipón are:
Royal Enclosures and Gardens
Beautiful rooms and gardens built on the base of megalithic stone blocks constituted the Royal House that Wiracocha had built as a home for his father Yahuar Huaca. This is the most beautiful and wide group of the complex, has beautiful fountains and channels that until today continue to pour water, which emerges from mysterious and secret underground channels. An ovoid construction like a tower is located south of the platforms. From this place you can see the entire ravine with a breathtaking view.
Intiwatana
Beautiful rooms of first quality with exquisite trapezoidal niches, from where you can visually include almost all Tipón, are located a few meters from the main enclosures. They are located higher up on a mountainous elevation that protects the whole.
Minor Enclosures
A personality of some importance, but who did not belong to the nobility, must have lived in these precincts. The rooms, located almost 1 km. of the Intiwatana, they are of lower quality, but in spite of this they show importance and solemnity. They are initially built of stone and finished with adobe.
Viewpoint of Cusco
In the northern part of the archaeological site is a significant orogenic prominence that was, in ancient times, an important site for observation and signals. It has been called Cruz Moqo which means "summit where there is a cross" and at the same time QosqoQhawarina which means "from where Cusco can be seen". It has been called like that because from this place you can see the western part of the city of Cusco. It was a place of abundant population during the Incas, home of personalities with broad political and economic powers.
The wall
It is possible that the area of Tipón was occupied by manors that waged wars of many years and to make sure, they built colossal and extensive defensive walls, which undoubtedly took many years of work. Later the wall lacked object because all the regional kingdoms happened to comprise of the great Empire of the Tahuantinsuyo. It is worth noting the presence of the so-called "zarunas" or ridge steps that appear on the walls of the platforms, in the form of huge lithic nails arranged as stairs, which were built to avoid occupying the space with the stairways. Archaeological group corresponding to the Inca period in which you can see an exceptional irrigation system with horizontal vertical irrigation channels on stepped terraces, the water flows from the sub floor to a source from which it is distributed by the mentioned channels. It was an important agricultural production center.
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